Vending-machine for envelops.



J. T. STEWART.

VENDING MAUHINE FOR ENVELOPS.

APPLIGATION FILED 001K 24A 1912.

1,061,880. Patented May 13, 1913.

4 SEEETS-SHEET 1] J. T. STEWART. VENDING MACHINE FOR BNVELOPS.APPLICATION FILED OUT. 24, 1912.

1,061.,880. Patented May 13, 1913.

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I H I 2 3 LLT. Stewart I) T; STEWART.

VENDlNG MAOHINE FOR ENVELOPS.

APPLICATION FILED 001*;24, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

ambeutoz U .Tfiiewari J. T. STEWART. VENDING MACHINE FOR ENVELOPS.

APPLIGATIONTILBD 001K 24, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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Specif l 4.. VENEENG MaCETLNE FOE: 21 7371515 tims :21 Letterg i hzvb. t

Apglication. mm ficta'sez' 2-1, 19153 Earls;

-la0m it may concern: I lie iown that I, JESSE'T. Smwumr, a.

citizen at the Unitecl States, n m. the cm'anty of 4 W111 .11, 11aminvented certain. 11% t ful lmprovel'nents in Vending-Mafor Envelops;ancll do cleclsure the fcllomng to be a full, clear, and exact clescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart t0v WlllCA it appertaln's to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vending my chines, and more especially tothose intended for selling stamped. envelops and. the like; 1. antltheobject of the same is to impr and yet to sinnplify the consiructinn of:a

.- 01? t character and wander it 0pm. the n 1011 nf a. ma. 1 01? nthezr1 ink; 9216 the in'x ention tasnsisi's 1. .1 th s trnnnon of the ventlmmeclmmsn': eryaltlmugn 1n the fellm "1510at and in -zlmwings hen (l .tland shown 0m .l

in the dram lw a l i nre VlQV (If t. device cum numb piece being e is apars-ps0 late, slmwing and an an the using,

Lisa 6 and tion the line the latch and. the sprmg curried saia y at itssmes, ml back a i'ta u n at its .af z' ont 'aln. remowmi i inst-maul 11stirlnasing is giggle ten framewnrla 3 which is secur ad East to the,back of tze panel 4:- and which-lamp; l

is held wit! 3 and clossthe open front-05] the casing i l'nezms alock 5tiletop and. alip 6 the bottom engaging the baseh 55 It follows Wl'l fimy is -inse v t l n, theirqnt t may beta gsrefem. y m

the lock in! "1e. posit-i011 illustmtatl' 'fs, nf the drawings," a11cllate or ether r are i re, ever rendy tn to zi-ny 01 1 2 83 pin-ts M w,in the l macllme 1 is gnvernment en gelop c t stsnnp, a sheet in? 12ft:t,

e is moretnim a penny 1. m ths owner, and

.cl'zine and the 96 ace. The fmrmazlwill] Llb and replenish thfil.depleted ma: and Clean the 'machine, and the Storekeeper will both makeQsrtiall; prnfit an a y package of statinimeiy ;s0ll l and zwnid i110,tumble 01" peddling outpost-Q age stamps postal cards, while still not't'Ql L card anal The actual anal 0 l 105mg the -14 Huge of the pnssibletrade The slt'elutnn frz unevmrlg 3 contains a magazine smut .Ltl. Of anupright back 101 and siflesr't roasting Witllflfillt:

f this pnagazin being, 7 L191 of the enveloplE' lofi y upon its flatbottom 12 Mic cbnvenience will draw to.

Y weighted down 'fth'e eje'ctorib' ra fo lower 13, It might be more accurate-. to say that the lowermostjenvelop rests upon an ejector 14which is 'movablea.

} overithebottom 12, and the ejectoi'f 'consists r itsfear as seen inig, 8, audit handpiece 'at itsgfronti end projecting through aslbti'l'liiiii't-the t ront;. pa e1. 4 andturned downward at; itsextremity into a lip 18. Y The size.ofsaidslotifl may be varied to Isuit'the thickness of'each envelop or pack-.

.of stationery as above described, by set- I tmg a late 19 which issecured to the lnne'r face-o the frontpanel by means of screws 20 asseenin Fig.6, these screws passing 7 through-n ri ht'sl'ots '21 in the platein a -m'anner w ic willbe-clear. As usual in machines for vending thinpackages, this 20 plate forms a stopfor preventing any but the lowermostpacka e from being. e ected fromthe pile, andt ej upstanding lips 15 *atthe rear end of the ejector are made of a height equal to .or less thanthe thickness of 35 the lowermost ackage so that when the ejector is movforward this package only is projected into the slot.- a

- provide the downturned Ii '18 at the front end-0f the handpiece 16 orthe purao-pose of preventing the ejector from moving far to" the raryandalso for giving the u ,p jhrchaser a good grip on said handpiece.

' '1. e face,

I plate'22 covering the slot on the I Ae'xt'erior o the front pannel 4will be provided-with a suitable le end describing the I use of themachine, and by preference this 4 ate has an u ward extension 23 as seenin gig. 1 which 1s vertically slotted as at 24 for the passage of'theshank of the thumb 25 forming part ofthe actuator yet to :described;

7 r'The actuatorfor the ejector comprises the 'mechanismwhich connectssaid thhmb piece" and augment Depending from the plate v racketc'onstitutin the 'trlgger y'etf towbe' described and w ich pro]ectsthrough -aslot 31 in thejbottom of the ina'ga-.

' and'is pierced withaan eye 32"slid1ng v carried within the framework,,5o a nd ;on{ sa1d; rod is coiled "an expansive "tendency is-to, movethe t andhencethe ejector plate to the "Said-bracket is provided withanear 85140. which" is-pi'v'oted one end of a link 36, eatheiotherendofthis link is pivotally with the-upper extremity 37 of Lthef orlever bestseen in mgr-.10.v As v 1611111 showm this lever comprises'an up--right--arm 39 j havingan, elbow 40 at its -60 which merges-r into whatmight igh q v.

sweeps isann, 4 2, and the ms li ii sh i h a d a :arlnf42 pro'ectsffrolhthev other Jthifough which,

ing through bearings 44 at the lower 'endgxw of the arms of a bracket 45(see-Fig. 11,);0; inverted U-shape which is secured beneath the bottom12 oft-he magazine; and-on this bolt is coiled a'spring 46 havingone'end a t tached to the bracket and the other end to; the lever,andwhose tendency is to raise the, thumb ieceand the parts conniectingx-itl' with t e horizontal arm 42 of the lever" 38-thus leavingthe'spring 34 to perform*" the sole function of sliding the ejector therear. Pivotally connected to thefrontend of said arm42 isan upright link46 (see Fig. 12) whose upper end is bent sharply forward into a finger47 which pro-$ jec'ts through the uprigh 1. slot 24 in the front. of thecasing and constitutes the shank of the thumb piece 25 aboverefe'rredto, Said thumb piece by preference has its lower por-t tionforked or slotted as at 48 so as to s stand astride the front end of thefinger 47, and a screw 49 may be passed through the fork-arms to attachthe thumb piece thereto. I

Astride and around the rear end of the.

finger 49 is disposed -a guide 50 having a U-shaped' body removablysecured to the finger by a screw 51, and the front ends of its arms areoutturned into lips 52 spaced from the rear end of the fork-arms 48 j1$ta suiiicient distance to loosely embrace the front panel 4 of the casingand the u right extension 23 of the' oase plate 22. hen these parts areto be removed, the screw.49-

is withdrawn and the-thumb pieceslip ed-- ofi' the front end of thefinger 47, a ter 1130 which the latter can be pushed inward through theslot 24 and disconnected from the ejector lever 38 if desired.

The action of the vending machine thus' far described is as follows: Thepurchaser depresses the thumb piece 25 whoseshank moves downward in theslot 24, and, through.

the link 46, this depresses the horizontal arm 42 of the lever 38 whichturns'aboutthe pivot bolt 43 so that its upri ht arm 39-110 movesforward and, through t 0 link 36, carries the bracket 30 forward withit. Said= bracket in its forward movement com resses the s ring 34 andcauses the ejector ate 1'4 to sli e forward over the bottom oft e mag11;;

azine, and the upturned lips 15 at the rearend of this ate carry thelowermost pack- 1 age out of the stack containe'd within-"said magazineand projects it throu h the slot,;; in the face plate 22, In the for ard'move* 1o mentof the plate 14, its hand 'p'iecelfi isprojected beyondsaid slot so that the'pub chaser may grasp the same and draw the ,platestill farther forward, inca'se-the ejecj tor should not project theenvelop'rsufll-'1z5 ciently far tofpermit him tograsp the front edge asshown-in-Fig. 1.- Or he mayhol'dthe thumb piece 25' downwit-h' one hand;while he grasps the hand piece, 16- with the; other, and then removinghis thumb from if in Fig. 5.

will use that band to envelop. Afterward the theperts to their originalll and lips 15 sliding to lowermost envelop inthe finally engaging therear lop l oratory for another be c? leootrolled I r. g' sale ejectornormolly lOClICQ releasing it the insertion of a coin, may beasstiggested above-- of any epproved type, although 1 will de' scribe whatis shown in the (lewings for illustrative purposes merely. A coin slot'0 in the iron panel 4 of the casing leads o: 1 lit bl, and at thedllllte the coin against ied by lower arm. of

the thumb piece withdraw reel arm r 'l-lil lever is eonneeted by a. linkoowitl'i 5. Much 56 which is pin" .ed between its ends in a hanger 6751g. 1d) and has its inner end normally raised by a splin 68- whichis'seeured to the lower end of said banger by elip plate 69 a screw 70.The inner end of the latch 66 has a beveled lip 71 adapted to meet withthe beveled lower end "E3 of the bracket- 30,Which lower end constitutesthe trigger, While the inner extremity of this end of the latch movesvertically in a slotted guide 73 as best seen Coiled on the rod 33behind the starting spring 7% Whose'functhe ejector plate and trigger assoon as the letter is diswlien the latch the trigger; for the trigger 30tion is to 1110 forward slight ly engaged by the letcb, so that s ainit, will not ee- ,g

hector ooi'ld never i at 21 time when its depressed of o eoin meolmnism.of this folltm's: A nickel being roin slot, travels down the therip-lever 33, and line link (35 eetuetes the :wzer ill of the latchdisger; the starting spring 7% en move the ejector i l and triggerslightly forward, so that when the spring; 68 returns the latch to itsnormal position its inner end stands behind instead of in 03: -no L11 bemoved' this end of front of the trigger. The stalling forward of the eector l l progects the hand piece 16 gl ves notice to the pur-,

at its front end and V chaser that he may then depress the thumb pieceto cause the machine to project an envelop through the slot 17. lvlienhis finger is slipped off said thumb piece, the spring restores properposition, andythrough the linli, 36, this moves the ejeotorsplate 14:suddenly to sertion of a coin to-ectuate the anism because it isnecessary el which is pivote at its angle -l a suitable support. The

the actuating inecb:

the eiector lever 3810 its the rear with the essistarnee of the spring34%, so that the starting spring 74 is gem-y pressed slightly and thebeveled-end 72 of the trigger passes overthe beveled lip 71' at theinner ejecting mechanism housed within ing. i

It will be seen that-the coin mechanism consists of the devicesforpermitting the inlzitch, but that said latch is partof the vendingmechthe eashold the ejector housed, and as above" sug' gested I do notlimit myself to the use of:

for moving said any particular mechanism le tch.

parts are obviously nonessential;

What claimed as n'e w q l. in e vending machine, the combination with abase, and a transparent casing mount? ed thereon and open tom of saidopen front; of a front-"panel having a lip at its lower end, adeptedtoennotclne latch at the uppei endvot said panel having an openlngfor gagesaid said panel, the delivery of the goods and an upright slot, askeleton framework carried by the back of said panel and including amagazine whose bottom stands opposite said delivery opening, ejectingmechanisn'i movable over said bottom, means said means end Whose shankprojects through said upright slot.

2. In av vending nmcliine, the colnl.)ination with a c; ing having anupright" slot 'in'its front panel, the vending mechanism,and V ntllereii'n ineluding an up gill linl; lowing" a finger pride-W ng;forward through '1 id slot; of a tl'nunbpioee standing for *nrd 0 saidpanel and slotted lOI'Ei'U'lW'filJly (mg-li e said linger, a screwpassing through the thumb piece and linger, a guide having a U-slmpedbody embracing, the linger on panel and upturned lips at the fron'tendsof its arms, and men s for securing; said arms upon the linger.

In a: vending machine, the lf i'llllllllzlllllll will: a ce ling having:no liprigg lil-slol in its front panel, the vendill" nugclumism, and theactuating: mechanism therefor including an upright link lowing a fingerpmjecliu g'"lor- Wfll'll tllrougbjiiaid slot; of a U-slmp'ed guide whosebody embraces said lingo and whose arms nre.( l1lhu'11c l ill) theirfront ends to slide against lho inner face of said front panel inopposite sides of the slot therein, and o l'hun'ib-piece 'removnblyall'licl'lcd to the projecting 0nd of snid'linger. I

it. In a vending m:u -.l1lnc, the emnbimillon with a magazine. theejecting lllLCllzfilll'iil'l, and trigger thereon {of a hanger dependendofthe latch to hold the to have it "to The sizes and materials anddetails of at its front, the base having e; notch in its upper face atthe bot"- for actuating said mecha'nlsin, and a thumb piece connectedWith the inner side of said. front:

ing from an overhead support, a latch pivoted in said hanger, asprlngfor raising one I with an upright its bottom,

' 1o eled lower end, and a spring-actuating latch' beveled lower end ofend of the latch into normal engagement having a beveled li normal} en ain the beveled lower end of said trigger at a spring forcing the ejectornormally to the rear, and a starting spring actingon t-he ejector in'the opposite direction, for thepurpose set forth. 4

6. In a vendin'g machin'e, the combination with an uprightfil'riagazinehaving aslot in its bottom, an ejector plate movable over said bottomand haying a trigger projecting I through said slotgfjld provided wlth abeveledlower end, and naming-actuating latch having a beveled lip;normally engaging the gerbe'ing pierced with an opening; of a rod xedbelow said magazine and on which the opening in the trigger slides, acoiled exsaid trigger, said trigi Witnesses: 6

pensive Spring surrounding said rod forward of the trigger and bearingthe latter normally to the rear, and a coiled expansive starting springsurrounding the rod in rear of the trigger and acting thereon in theopposite direction, for the purpose set forth.

' 7 In a vending machine, the combination with a magazine, opening inline ejector slidable on said bottom,vand a manually-operable actuatorfor said ejector; of

a trigger projecting -from the ejector and having a beveled tip, aspring pressing said trigger normally spring pressing the triggerin'the'op os it'e" direction, and a movable latch provide with tionWithin the magazine In testimony whereof my hand in presence of'twonesses. j

'- JESSE T. STEWART.

A. T. (Juneau 'E. LANISON.

I avehereuntos t' subscribingvvit- I a casing having a' delivery withthe bottom of said magazine, a follower Within the latter adapted torest upon the articles vended, an

to the rear, a starting I a lip over which said beveled y when theejector is returned to normallppsib its main spy-mm v v

